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Faced with the massive costs of AI infrastructure, OpenAI is looking to monetize its 800 million weekly users by advertising in ChatGPT. The company says it plans to test ads in the free tier, as well as ChatGPT Go, a low-cost subscription tier now rolling out in the US. Clearly labeled ads will begin to appear at the bottom of the chatbot’s answers and ChatGPT’s responses will not be influenced by ads, said OpenAI, adding it will “never” sell users’ data to advertisers. “It is clear to us that a lot of people want to use a lot of AI and don’t want to pay, so we are hopeful a business model like this can work,” posted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on X.
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The trailer for the third season of “Euphoria” was viewed nearly 100 million times in its first 48 hours. That’s HBO Max’s best trailer launch for an original series ever, reported Warner Bros. Discovery. The drama’s season two finale back in 2022 drew 6.6 million viewers across HBO platforms.
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NBC has ordered a pilot for a comedy series co-written and executive produced by “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” alums Dan Goor and Luke Del Tredici. The untitled project will “continue the proud tradition of Los Angeles private eyes that began with Philip Marlowe and will end with this show,” according to a press release.
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NBC’s on a roll. The network also ordered pilots for procedurals “Puzzled” from Joey Falo (“Charmed”) and “What the Dead Know” from Wolf Entertainment and writer Beth Rinehart (“FBI: Most Wanted). Both are produced by Universal Television. The pickups come on the heels of NBC’s recent pilot orders for a “Rockford Files” reboot; “Protection,” centered on a family of U.S. marshals; and a drama inspired by the work of criminal profiler Dr. Ann Burgess.
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Paramount+ family drama “The Madison,” starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell, premieres Saturday, March 14. The six-parter comes from Taylor Sheridan.
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Sports platform OutKick finished 2025 with its highest total social video views ever on Facebook and X with over 147 million combined, up 61% versus the prior year.
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ABC’s “20/20: Badass Detective” averaged 3.032 million Total Viewers on January 9, based on Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel Nielsens, ranking as the No. 1 program of the night (excluding sports). “20/20” scored its most-watched telecast in over seven months, and for the second week in a row posted Total Viewers increases versus the previous week (+18) and the corresponding year-ago telecast (+3%).
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